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colludecol‧lude /kəˈluːd/ verb [intransitive] colludeOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin colludere, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + ludere ‘to play’ VERB TABLEcollude |
Present | I, you, we, they | collude | | he, she, it | colludes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | colluded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have colluded | | he, she, it | has colluded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had colluded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will collude | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have colluded |
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Present | I | am colluding | | he, she, it | is colluding | | you, we, they | are colluding | Past | I, he, she, it | was colluding | | you, we, they | were colluding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been colluding | | he, she, it | has been colluding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been colluding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be colluding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been colluding |
- How far can women be said to be colluding in their own lower employment status?
- There have been accusations that the prime minister secretly colluded with the leaders of the regime.
- And the official line, as well as school lessons and folk knowledge, all colluded with the withholding of information.
- But now signs are emerging that the groups have begun to collude with each other to pillage the park's mineral wealth.
- She had not colluded, but might have seemed to.
- She may regret this change, but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own.
- So his parents had colluded in persuading Edwin that there was a worthwhile job he could still do.
- The spiritual riches of a full life are kept from the sufferer while the therapist colludes with the addictive disease itself.
- To the degree that we accept such rituals without denunciation, we are colluding in the further subjugation of illiterate adults.
- Was she colluding in his tax evading?
to know about something secret or dishonest and take part in it► be in on informal to take part in or know all about an illegal or secret activity: · Is it true that the Chief of Police was in on the cover-up?· Jones denies being in on the plan to blow up the building.· He didn't have a clue about the surprise party, but everyone in the office was in on it. ► be (a) party to formal to take part in something which is illegal or wrong: · My clients do not want to be party to tax evasion.· Prosecutors proved she was in the house and was a party to the murder. ► have a hand in (doing) something to be in some way secretly involved in something and be partly responsible for its results: · He is a member of one of the extremist groups that may have had a hand in the murder. · Do they suspect the government of having a hand in it?· My father may have had a hand in getting me the job. ► collude to know about and encourage something wrong that someone else is doing: collude in: · How far can women be said to be colluding in their own lower employment status?collude with: · There have been accusations that the prime minister secretly colluded with the leaders of the regime. to work with someone secretly, especially in order to do something dishonest or illegalcollude with Several customs officials have been accused of colluding with drug traffickers.collude in She knew about the plan, and colluded in it. |